This morning I biked to the boardwalk again. There are lots of gopher tortoise living in the dunes there. First I came to a burrow so I took a picture of it wishing that I could get a picture of a tortoise. I went a little further and there was one sunning himself in front of his burrow. Gopher tortoise have recently been put on the threatened species list. There burrows can be up to 40 feet in length and up to 10 feet deep, and offer refuge to 360 animal species, including the indigo snake, pine snake, gopher frog, Florida mouse, burrowing owl, and so on. They are thought to live 40-60 years. You can find out more by googling gopher tortoise.
2 comments:
Aw -w. Inga and I like the little tortoise!
What a family when they all get into the 'hotel'!
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